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Article: FOCUS ON sinusitis; (1) Autumn is here, the common cold is on the march, and thousands will be suffering with sinusitis. But what is it, and what can you do to help fight against it? (2) good health.
- Article from:
- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- September 17, 2002
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Byline: ANASTASIA STEPHENS
WHAT IS IT?
SINUSITIS is the infection, blockage or inflammation of a series of air-filled spaces in the bones of the skull that open into the nose. One pair of sinuses lies in the cheeks and another in the forehead, but there are also a variable number of sinuses between the eyes and the nose.
While sinusitis can be a short illness which strikes during a cold, it can also be chronic, occurring due to long-term infection or an allergy such as hay fever.
WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS?
SYMPTOMS of sinusitis include a continuous discharge which can be thin and watery, or thick and mucus-like.
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